Islam Guidance

Introduction

In the Name of Allah,the Beneficent,the Merciful
Sura Fil
(The Elephant)
No. 105 (5 Verses)
Contents of the Sura:
This Sura, as its name indicates, refers to the well-known historical event that happened in the year of the birth of the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.), when Allah protected the Ka ba against the attack of the army of pagans who, riding on the backs of elephants, came from Yemen intending to destroy it.
This Sura is a recollection of the miraculous event which many people of Mecca remember, because it happened not so long ago.
Its remembrance is a warning against the proud, arrogant pagans to make them aware that they have no power to stand in the way of the Power of Allah, who destroyed that great army of elephants by little, tiny birds who pelted them with small 'stones of petrified clay', and He can punish these stubborn oppressors, too.

Their equipment was no more than that of Abrahah nor did the number of their fighters match his. In other words, they had seen that event with their own eyes and, yet, were so arrogant.
The Virtue in Studying Sura Fil:
On the virtue of reciting this Sura, a tradition from Imam Sadiq (p.b.u.h.) says: "He who recites Sura Fil in his obligatory prayers, any level land, mountains or any clods of dirt will bear witness for him, on the Day of Judgement, that he has been one of the prayerful (believers). And, on that Day, a herald calls saying: 'you are right about My servant. I accept your witness for him or against him. Let him enter Paradise without Reckoning him. Verily, he is the one of whom he and his action I like.' " (1)
It is obvious that these magnificent, abundant bounties and rewards are for he who, with its recitation, gets down from the horse of arrogance and goes on the right path alongside which he seeks the satisfaction of Allah.
 
(1) Majma'-al-Bayan, vol. 10, p. 539.

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